Aama Bombo
{{Short description|Nepali shaman}}
Aama Bombo or Buddhi Maya Lama{{Cite news|url=http://0-www.lexisnexis.com.lib.utep.edu/lnacui2api/api/version1/getDocCui?lni=5KN1-V8Y1-DYNS-30G3&csi=270944,270077,11059,8411&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn=t&oc=00240&perma=true|title=Wisdom Teachings for Seven Generations|last=Caudell|first=Robin|date=6 September 2016|work=The Press-Republican|access-date=12 October 2017|url-access=subscription|via=LexisNexis}} is a shaman in the Nepali Tamang tradition. Aama Bombo means "Mother Shaman."{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RJqzU75AvjoC&pg=PA205|title=Pilgrimage and Healing|last1=Dubisch|first1=Jill|last2=Winkelman|first2=Michael|publisher=University of Arizona Press|year=2005|isbn=9780816524754|location=Tucson, Arizona|pages=205|language=en}} She is also a member of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers (IC13G).{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14370271/chicago_tribune/|title=13 Grandmas, 4 Continents, 1 Mission|date=2007-07-30|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=2017-10-12|pages=1–2|via=Newspapers.com}}
Biography
Bombo was born in Melong and later moved to Kathmandu after she was married at age sixteen.{{Cite news|url=http://0-www.lexisnexis.com.lib.utep.edu/lnacui2api/api/version1/getDocCui?lni=570W-4H31-JDKC-R1X0&csi=270944,270077,11059,8411&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn=t&oc=00240&perma=true|title=Shamans at Crossroads|date=9 November 2012|work=My Republica|access-date=12 October 2017|url-access=subscription|via=LexisNexis}}{{Cite news|url=http://0-www.lexisnexis.com.lib.utep.edu/lnacui2api/api/version1/getDocCui?lni=5702-WNK1-JDKC-R50D&csi=270944,270077,11059,8411&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn=t&oc=00240&perma=true|title=Boudha Welcomes Shaman Grandmothers|date=5 November 2012|work=My Republica|access-date=12 October 2017|url-access=subscription|via=LexisNexis}} Following convulsions at age 25, she believed that her dead father, who had taught her shamanism as a child, was trying to leave her body. She began to practice as a faith healer afterwards. She is one of the first female shamans among the Tamang people.
She sees around 60 people a day at the Boudhanath Temple. Her work involves removing "bad spirits" from people, and she does not claim to cure cancer. She also teaches students about spirituality and faith healing.{{Cite web|url=http://ecs.com.np/features/faith-healers-shamanism-is-alive-and-well|title=Faith Healers: Shamanism is Alive and Well|last=Rai|first=Dinesh|date=16 August 2010|website=ECS Nepal|access-date=2017-10-12}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.grandmotherscouncil.org/who-we-are/grandmother-aama-bombo Official site]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=CsYW23YkaSgC&dq=%22aama+bombo%22&pg=PT90 Biography] in Grandmothers Counsel the World
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Category:People from Morang District
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Category:21st-century Nepalese women
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